Limitations of Different Hardware and Software: (M1)

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Hardware:

Name:	Limitations:
Mouse	In terms of graphic design the mouse isn’t a great piece of hardware in terms of making an image. This is because it is hard to control and doesn’t feel natural to draw an image with.   In comparison with a graphics tablet the mouse is very basic. With a mouse you have to select a specific opacity before drawing line, a graphics tablet allows you to decide this by registering pressure applied when drawing.   Drawing straight or curved lines is extremely difficult and that in turn forces you to use the tools provided in software.
Graphics tablet	The graphics tablet is specifically designed for graphic design and provides the user with much more freedom than the mouse in term of drawing.   Although when it comes to navigating menus it becomes much less effective than the mouse.   It also becomes a lot less usable in terms of using specific tools such as rotation and moving images.

Software:

 

Name:	Limitations
Photoshop	Photoshop is not as user friendly as other software such as gimp, this is due to its UI which is relatively difficult to modify in comparison to GIMP   Photoshop is limited to newer systems due to the 1GB of RAM required to run. Photoshop is also now available on some operating systems such as Linux   Photoshop also has a small variety of free effects in comparison to other software such as GIMP
Gimp	GIMP is limited to only being able to manipulate 8 bit images. This is a huge disadvantage because Photoshop is able to work with 8,16 and 32 bit images   The files that GIMP creates (XCF) cannot be opened in Photoshop, but Photoshop files can be opened in GIMP. This is a limitation to users who want to use both piece of software on a single project